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It is 133 years today since Pär Lagerkvist was born.
Swedish author, born in Växjö as the youngest of seven siblings. His father was a railway station supervisor, and Pär Lagerkvist grew up in an apartment above the railway station restaurant. There was a strong cohesion within his family. The family was influenced by the rural environment from which it originated, and a pious and conservative Christian faith prevailed in the home. There were only t...
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Richmond, Michelle
1970 -
The American author, publisher and teacher, Michelle Richmond was born as one of three sisters in Demopolis, Alabama, but...
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Brecht, Bertolt
1898 - 1956
German poet, playwright and essayist born in Augsburg where his father was the managing director of a paper mill. Brecht...
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Kárason, Einar
1955 -
The Icelandic author Einar Kárason was born in Reykjavik. While studying literature at university he had various jobs at ...
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Mutis, Álvaro
1923 - 2013
Álvaro Mutis was born in Bogotà, Colombia. Like many other Latin American authors he comes from a multicultural family. His f...
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